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Title details for The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas by Madeleine L'Engle - Available

The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas

An Austin Family Story

#3 in series

by Madeleine L'Engle
Jill Weber
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Madeleine L'Engle's beloved Austin family stars in a cozy Christmas story, "The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas."
Vicky Austin's family does one special thing each day of December to prepare for Christmas. This year, they're also preparing for the birth of a new brother or sister, due after the New Year. Vicky is worried that the baby will come early—what kind of Christmas Eve would it be without Mother to help them hang up stockings and sing everyone to sleep with carols? This classic story of an old-fashioned Christmas is accompanied by merry illustrations by Jill Weber.
This special eBook edition includes bonus content not available in the print edition:
· Christmas in New York essay by Madeleine L'Engle
· Reproductions of 7 unique L'Engle family Christmas cards created and illustrated by Madeleine L'Engle· First chapter of the Newbery Award–winning A Wrinkle in Time

  • Creators

  • Series

    Austin Family Chronicles

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 4, 2011

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781429945646

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781429945646
      • File size: 845 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      September 1, 2010

      This short novella about a family's old-fashioned preparations for Christmas is actually a chapter from one of the novels in L'Engle's Austin Family Chronicles series. Vicky and her family get ready for the holiday by doing one special thing each day of December. Vicky is also preparing for her part as an angel in the church pageant, and her mother is ready to go to the hospital to deliver a new baby, plans that change with the arrival of a snowstorm on Christmas Eve. The story is obviously set in an earlier, simpler time, but it has a soothing flavor with its time-honored customs and a quiet, pleasant family happy to be together, even if snowbound on Christmas. Repackaged, with Weber's full-color spot illustrations to add visual interest, this should make for agreeable, alternative holiday read-aloud. (Fiction. 6-10)

      (COPYRIGHT (2010) KIRKUS REVIEWS/NIELSEN BUSINESS MEDIA, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2011
      Vicky Austin, teenage star of L'Engle's Austin Family Chronicles, narrates this story set in her childhood. It's a busy time for the family: while seven-year-old Vicky nervously rehearses for the Christmas pageant, the entire clan prepares for the arrival of a new baby. This edition includes unobtrusive spot illustrations done in an inviting folk-art style.

      (Copyright 2011 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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